The two-point margin of victory for Republican
Dan Bishop over Democrat Dan McCready in North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional
District might give some clues about where things potentially stand in the
American electorate, while also demonstrating some voting trends unique to the
Old North State.
Voter
loyalty is intense.
Much of the national attention was on whether 2018’s
last congressional election would be a potential bellwether election leading
into the 2020 election cycle. The battle over the Ninth did show that a
historic Republican district (GOP controlled since 1963) and that was drawn as
a safe district perform as a Republican district.
